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| '''Macrocosm and microcosm''' is an ancient [[Greek philosophy|Greek]] schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the [[cosmos]]. It may have begun with [[Democritus]] in the 5th century B.C. or with [[Pythagoras]] and is a philosophical conception that runs through [[Socrates]], and [[Plato]] all the way to the [[Renaissance]]. With [[Pythagoras]], the discovery of the [[golden ratio]] and its philosophical conception called the [[Golden mean]], the Greeks observed the golden ratio in many parts of the ordered universe both large and small. Philosophically, the Greeks were concerned with a rational explanation of everything and saw the repetition of the golden mean throughout the world and all levels of reality as a step towards this unifying theory. In short, it is the recognition that the same traits appear in entities of many different sizes, from one man to the entire human population. | | '''Macrocosm and microcosm''' is an ancient [[Greek philosophy|Greek]] schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the [[cosmos]]. It may have begun with [[Democritus]] in the 5th century B.C. or with [[Pythagoras]] and is a philosophical conception that runs through [[Socrates]], and [[Plato]] all the way to the [[Renaissance]]. With [[Pythagoras]], the discovery of the [[golden ratio]] and its philosophical conception called the [[Golden mean]], the Greeks observed the golden ratio in many parts of the ordered universe both large and small. Philosophically, the Greeks were concerned with a rational explanation of everything and saw the repetition of the golden mean throughout the world and all levels of reality as a step towards this unifying theory. In short, it is the recognition that the same traits appear in entities of many different sizes, from one man to the entire human population. |
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| Macrocosm/microcosm is a [[Greek language|Greek]] compound of μακρο- "Macro-" and μικρο- "Micro-", which are [[Greek language|Greek]] respectively for "large" and "small", and the word [[Cosmos|κόσμος ''kósmos'']] which means "order" as well as "world" or "ordered world". | | Macrocosm/microcosm is a [[Greek language|Greek]] compound of μακρο- "Macro-" and μικρο- "Micro-", which are [[Greek language|Greek]] respectively for "large" and "small", and the word [[Cosmos|κόσμος ''kósmos'']] which means "order" as well as "world" or "ordered world". |
− | | + | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Microcosm''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Microcosm this link].</center> |
| ==Ancient thought== | | ==Ancient thought== |
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| Conversely, a [[macrocosm]] is a social body made of smaller compounds. | | Conversely, a [[macrocosm]] is a social body made of smaller compounds. |
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− | ==See also==
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− | *[[Family as a model for the state]]
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− | *[[Golden Mean]]
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− | *[[Surat Shabd Yoga|Surat Shabda Yoga]]
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− | *[[Rosicrucian#Rose_Cross:_Alchemy_and_Divine_Sciences_of_Healing_.26_of_the_Stars|Rose Cross and Alchemy]]
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− | *[[Emerald Tablet]]
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− | *[[Arcology]]
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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| ==External links== | | ==External links== |
− | *[http://www.shekpvar.net/~dennis/Elib/Astronomicon/Astronomicon/Cosmos/cosmos.html Cosmos - an Illustrated Dimensional Journey from microcosmos to macrocosmos] | + | *[https://www.shekpvar.net/%7edna/Publications/Cosmos/cosmos.html Illustrated Dimensional Journey from microcosmos to macrocosmos] |
− | *[http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhiana.cgi?id=dv3-16 Macrocosm and Microcosm, in ''Dictionary of the History of Ideas''] | + | *[https://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhiana.cgi?id=dv3-16 Macrocosm and Microcosm, in ''Dictionary of the History of Ideas''] |
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| [[Category: General Reference]] | | [[Category: General Reference]] |
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